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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Tobacco Use Prevention

Not including yourself, how many adults who live in your household smoke cigarettes, cigars or pipes?

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  Total
Respond.^
One adult Two adults Three or more adults No adults
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,655 884 19.6 18.0-21.3 125 5.2 4.0- 6.7 29 1.4 0.9- 2.2 3,617 73.8 71.8-75.7
-Eastern NC 1,491 303 22.4 19.5-25.6 38 4.8 3.1- 7.5 11 1.3 0.6- 2.6 1,139 71.5 67.9-74.8
GENDER
Male 592 105 20.9 16.6-26.0 16 6.1 3.2-11.1 3 1.3 0.4- 4.1 468 71.7 65.9-76.9
Female 899 198 24.1 20.6-28.0 22 3.4 2.0- 5.8 8 1.3 0.6- 2.9 671 71.2 67.1-75.0
RACE
White 1,051 211 23.1 19.7-26.9 23 3.2 1.9- 5.5 8 1.7 0.8- 3.8 809 72.0 67.9-75.7
African American 281 68 26.0 19.1-34.3 8 5.9 2.3-14.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 204 68.0 59.2-75.7
Other Minorities 153 24 13.1 7.5-21.8 7 11.4 4.3-27.1 2 1.3 0.2- 6.2 120 74.3 61.4-84.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 81 8 10.5 4.3-23.6 4 13.9 4.6-35.4 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6 68 74.1 56.2-86.5
Non-Hispanic 1,404 294 23.5 20.5-26.9 34 4.0 2.5- 6.3 10 1.3 0.6- 2.8 1,066 71.2 67.6-74.6
AGE
18-24 60 15 28.7 17.3-43.7 5 9.5 3.5-23.1 2 2.9 0.7-11.4 38 58.9 44.1-72.2
25-34 213 59 26.6 20.0-34.6 8 7.2 3.3-15.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 145 65.5 56.9-73.2
35-44 279 57 21.3 16.1-27.7 7 5.1 1.6-15.5 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 211 72.2 64.3-78.9
45-54 315 73 22.2 17.4-27.9 10 2.5 1.2- 5.0 2 1.8 0.3- 9.7 230 73.5 67.3-78.9
55-64 305 51 17.8 13.3-23.5 6 2.8 1.2- 6.4 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8 247 78.5 72.5-83.5
65-74 201 36 19.8 14.2-27.0 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 163 79.2 72.0-85.0
75+ 110 11 12.0 6.2-22.3 1 2.1 0.3-13.3 0 0.0 . - . 98 85.9 75.1-92.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 177 41 24.2 15.5-35.8 10 13.9 6.2-28.4 2 2.7 0.6-10.9 124 59.2 46.9-70.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 504 113 24.5 19.7-30.0 18 6.2 3.4-10.9 5 1.1 0.4- 2.9 368 68.2 62.2-73.6
Some Post-H.S. 408 87 24.9 19.4-31.4 4 0.6 0.2- 2.0 4 1.8 0.5- 6.4 313 72.6 66.0-78.4
College Graduate 400 62 15.2 11.4-19.9 6 2.1 0.7- 6.0 0 0.0 . - . 332 82.7 77.6-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 90 22 24.7 12.3-43.4 6 9.9 3.6-24.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 61 64.6 47.3-78.7
$15,000- 24,999 216 55 33.3 24.5-43.4 11 9.5 3.8-21.7 2 1.8 0.3-10.1 148 55.5 45.4-65.1
$25,000- 34,999 192 51 32.6 24.4-42.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5 139 66.6 57.1-74.8
$35,000- 49,999 225 46 21.9 15.6-30.0 7 5.5 2.3-12.2 3 2.7 0.7-10.3 169 69.8 61.0-77.4
$50,000-74,999 242 49 21.1 15.6-27.8 4 1.7 0.5- 4.9 0 0.0 . - . 189 77.2 70.4-82.9
$75,000+ 325 42 12.7 8.8-18.0 4 1.8 0.4- 6.6 0 0.0 . - . 279 85.5 79.8-89.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 504 113 29.4 23.5-35.9 17 5.2 2.4-10.8 6 2.3 0.9- 5.7 368 63.2 56.5-69.4
No 972 187 19.3 16.2-22.8 21 4.7 2.7- 8.2 5 0.8 0.3- 2.6 759 75.1 71.0-78.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 265 44 22.6 16.3-30.4 5 1.8 0.6- 5.2 0 0.0 . - . 216 75.6 67.8-82.0
Non-Veteran 1,226 259 22.4 19.2-25.9 33 5.5 3.4- 8.7 11 1.5 0.7- 3.2 923 70.6 66.6-74.3

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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